About כן
Guys, please see this phrase below first.

אין עֳנָשִׁין אֶלָּא אם כן מַזְהִיריו
(no punishment without a prior warning)

I can understand. But one question.
Is it necessary to put the word ‘כן’here ?

I think ‘כן’ is not necessary.

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About כן
Guys, please see this phrase below first.

אין עֳנָשִׁין אֶלָּא אם כן מַזְהִיריו
(no punishment without a prior warning)

I can understand. But one question.
Is it necessary to put the word ‘כן’here ?

I think ‘כן’ is not necessary.

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כן normally means "yes." But it can also be used as a demonstrative. In English we would say "so" or "such that."  I think in Japanese it is それは……です。

So the meaning of אם כן מַזְהִיריו is "so he will be warned" (したがって警告されます or だから警告されます)

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Thank you for your comment. I understand well ^_^

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It seems to me, that it is used here in order to emphasize the message. You can treat "כן" as a redundant word in this case.

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